Cavani to Boca: Preseason Decision Revealed – Olé

Run Edinson Cavani. With a bun so that her long hair does not bother her. He runs alone at various times during the work days in BocaPredio, at the beginning of the preseason for a 2026 marked by the return to Copa Libertadores. He runs away from his teammates who are chasing the ball in bibs, in the first soccer drills of this new year. He simply started with special care.

The Matador is not injuredThere has also been no medical report since the end of October, shortly before the visit to Barracas Central. The physical problem is the same as in recent months, which affects his lower back and does not allow him to move normally. A pain that must be managed day by day, avoiding exercises that make it worse.

But it’s not for nothing that Cavani hasn’t started since September 14 against Rosario Central and since then, After spending two months outside, he added minutes from the bench on the last date with Tigre and in the round of 16 and quarterfinals against Talleres and Argentinos. I am heading towards a return to ownership that cannot happen.

In the semifinal against Racing he felt discomfort when he was warming up to come on during the second half and had to sit on the bench again. “We had sent him to warm up to make the change for Milton. During the warm-up he suffered a discomfort in his back. That’s why he came over earlier, while he was warming up he came out, walked back and told us that he had felt discomfort in his lower back and that’s why we didn’t make that change.”Ubeda explained after the elimination.

Almost a month after that defeat in La Bombonera, Cavani arrived by helicopter in Buenos Aires, He appeared on Friday afternoon at Boca Predio and was made available under special care. The same ones with which he handled himself in the final stretch of the Clausura Tournament.

In 2026, after confirming its continuity until the end of the year, he seemed plugged in. “Illusions, the best. We are going to play the Libertadores, which is the primary objective of what the new season is going to be,” he said days ago. And he added: “I feel empowered to be able to lift the Seventh, which is something desired by all the people of Boca. We always work towards that end”. In an internal struggle between his desire and his physical reality. “Better one more day than 20 less,” as Miguel Russo said.